Comments on: Ask Ancestry Anne: My Ancestors Don’t Want Me to Find Them!http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2013/09/26/ask-ancestry-anne-my-ancestors-dont-want-me-to-find-them/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ask-ancestry-anne-my-ancestors-dont-want-me-to-find-them The official blog of AncestryTue, 31 Mar 2015 20:50:20 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2By: Violet Shrewsberryhttp://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2013/09/26/ask-ancestry-anne-my-ancestors-dont-want-me-to-find-them/#comment-208216 Violet ShrewsberrySun, 09 Mar 2014 20:47:04 +0000http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/?p=11760#comment-208216I am having trouble finding out the parents of my Great Grandmother. Martha J. Perdew, or Perdue or Shrewsbury. Most information states that she was the daughter of Allen Phillip Shrewsbury & Elizabeth Blankenship, born probably in Wyoming County, West Virginia. Some information states she was born about 1863, others about 1874. Allen Phillip Shrewsbury was also married to an Arena Jane Perdue in 1877. My concerns are : If Martha J. was the daughter of Allen Phillip Shrewsbury why is her name listed on her Marriage license in 1895 Wyoming County, WV, to William Riley Mills as Martha J. Perdew? 1900 & 1910 Census for William Riley & Martha J. Mills calculate her to be born 1874, and so does her marriage license. So if she was born in 1874 why is she not listed on Allen Phillip Shrewsbury’s census for 1880? She would be only 6 year old. Her son, William Charles Mills Death Certificate lists her Maiden name as Perdue. Why are there so many discrepancies on her last name? How can I determine who her parents really are? Any help would be greatly appreciated. ]]>By: A. Cassidyhttp://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2013/09/26/ask-ancestry-anne-my-ancestors-dont-want-me-to-find-them/#comment-175788 A. CassidyMon, 30 Dec 2013 21:50:24 +0000http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/?p=11760#comment-175788My husband is looking for mom, dad and siblings. Mom Lora Vann(Clausen) dad Bennie Vann. Married Los Angeles . Jeff T. Vann son is my husband. He was adopted. Any way you can help us ? ]]>By: Ask Ancestry Anne: Your Top 5 Questions from 2013http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2013/09/26/ask-ancestry-anne-my-ancestors-dont-want-me-to-find-them/#comment-164668 Ask Ancestry Anne: Your Top 5 Questions from 2013Wed, 04 Dec 2013 22:23:16 +0000http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/?p=11760#comment-164668[...] My Ancestors Don’t Want Me to Find Them [...] ]]>By: Ask Ancestry Anne: My Ancestors Don’t Wan...http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2013/09/26/ask-ancestry-anne-my-ancestors-dont-want-me-to-find-them/#comment-163112 Ask Ancestry Anne: My Ancestors Don’t Wan...Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:20 +0000http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/?p=11760#comment-163112[...] [...] ]]>By: delsie voorhieshttp://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2013/09/26/ask-ancestry-anne-my-ancestors-dont-want-me-to-find-them/#comment-143037 delsie voorhiesFri, 18 Oct 2013 16:48:02 +0000http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/?p=11760#comment-143037my brick wall is grgrgrandparents MARTHA JANE BASSETT B. 1854 Md. and CHARLES E MESSICK b. 1854 MD on 1900 census in Baltimore shows charles states both his pRENTS WERE BORN IN GERMANY and Martha states her parents born in Maryland. Charles was a CARPENTER I think i found Martha in S. Carolina in 1910 with son James who is now in his 20s and a grandson Harry Wells. I am not sure this is my Martha. I have exhausted all paths. all of their children are listed including my gr grandmother Mary Elizabeth Messick. i also have 1880 census with my Martha and Charles and their young family.and my gr grandmother Mary Elizabeth so i do know this the correct family but I cannot go further back. Mary Elizabeth MESSICK between 1900 and 1910 had 7 children in Baltimore not listed anywhere. supposedly married to HENRY A FONTZ . my grandmother is one of these children. there is no trace from 1900 to 1910. you would think there would be a paper trail somewhere. of marriage or childrens births or school. my grandmother lilly did go to school in Baltimore. in 1910 census I have Mary Elizabeth and Henry Fontz in AVERY ISLAND LOUISIANA with their children. ]]>By: Alla Shaffarhttp://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2013/09/26/ask-ancestry-anne-my-ancestors-dont-want-me-to-find-them/#comment-140595 Alla ShaffarFri, 11 Oct 2013 23:03:10 +0000http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/?p=11760#comment-140595I am having trouble finding any info on the parents of my 2x great grandfather. His name is Norman Taylor born in 1824 in Crawford Co, PA. The only hint I have found is that both parents were born in New York. I believe that Norman was a bit of a rounder. I found a couple of things that shows he was arrested for small things, nothing as serious as murder or the like. His brother (I think) is Reuben A Taylor born in 1819 same place. They married cousins and each raised a bunch of children and always lived next door to each other. Also lived in Missouri for almost all their adult lives after marriage. Their wives were from TN. Any help will be appreciated. ]]>By: Aida Campbellhttp://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2013/09/26/ask-ancestry-anne-my-ancestors-dont-want-me-to-find-them/#comment-139725 Aida CampbellWed, 09 Oct 2013 13:39:12 +0000http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/?p=11760#comment-139725I have been looking for a Juden/Judene that was born in Finland, but his parents were french?? This is my son’s great grandfather. His great grandmother was from Sweden with the Edstrohm, Edstromn name?? Not sure, but she remarried and put her mothers name down in which I cannot read, but am not sure if this was a town in Sweden or her real name. I am finding this confusing as well and somehow, don’t know swedish! ]]>By: Randy Melodyhttp://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2013/09/26/ask-ancestry-anne-my-ancestors-dont-want-me-to-find-them/#comment-139564 Randy MelodyWed, 09 Oct 2013 01:39:13 +0000http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/?p=11760#comment-139564I am looking for descendants of Franz Caloud born Austria 1845, lived in Hall County, Brown Lee County Nebraska 1870′s til about 1891 then on to Oklahoma; Kingfisher County (Hennesy) then to Washburn and Chippewa Counties, Wisconsin where he died in 1904. e-mail or phone 262-968-4197

I live in Genesee Depot, Wisconsin and am Grandson of his daughter Eva who was born in Oklahoma 1894+/- and was daughter of Josey Hart Caloud who married Franz in Hall County Nebraska in 1886.

]]>By: George J Joneshttp://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2013/09/26/ask-ancestry-anne-my-ancestors-dont-want-me-to-find-them/#comment-139450 George J JonesTue, 08 Oct 2013 16:40:02 +0000http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/?p=11760#comment-139450I put in Null, Missouri, census, 1860. I found Wm. C Null living with a sister named M J. They are in Texas, living with J P and M J Dobbs and a son named T M Dobbs. Wm. C Null is 11 yrs. old and his sister M J is 12. The lady M J Dobbs is 33 years old married to J P who I found in the 1880 census as Joseph without the two Null kids. It is possible that this is your Curt Null ancestor. The question would be how did they get there. M J Dobbs could be the birth mother of the Null kids and married for the 2nd time. Also possible that the parents of M J and Wm. C died or something thus the Dobbs (related in some way, took them in). It appears that all involved were farmers and back then, most did not own their own farms. Hopefully I found something for you and it helps. George ]]>By: Amy Petersonhttp://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2013/09/26/ask-ancestry-anne-my-ancestors-dont-want-me-to-find-them/#comment-138943 Amy PetersonMon, 07 Oct 2013 08:13:01 +0000http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/?p=11760#comment-138943We have hit a brick wall trying to locate the immigration of my husbands great granparents John and Sophia Bjorik Swanson and grandmother Ella Cecelia Swanson . Thanks to a cousin that lives in Sweden she was able to locate the church and records of their births and pending departure from Sweden to the US, but we can’t find the records here. We’ve tried looking at the immigration from Canada just in case, but otherwise they arrived in the US and ended up in Shelton, WA. Then great uncle Charlie Swanson moved about the same time as his grandmother Ella to Wisconsin, but we can’t find the correct one. ]]>